KEY POINTS

  • The story behind "Welcome 2 America" will air on "60 Minutes"
  • The unreleased album features Soul Asylum's "Stand Up and B Strong" 
  • The music album consists of 11 songs

Six years after musician Prince's death, his never-before-heard album "Welcome 2 America" is all set to release on July 30.

The album was recorded 11 years ago at Prince's Paisley Park studio in 2010. The Prince Estate and Legacy Recordings took to Twitter to announce the album's release date along with 2011's concert details.

"Prince's enigmatic and prescient statement album #Welcome2America will be released July 30, 2021, by The Prince Estate and @SonyLegacyRecs. The Deluxe Edition includes the previously unreleased studio album and a full 2011 Prince concert at @TheForum on Blu-ray," Prince's official handle tweeted.

“Recorded in 2010 before the Welcome 2 America Tour, the studio album #Welcome2America documents Prince’s concerns, hopes, and visions for a shifting society, presciently foreshadowing an era of political division, disinformation, and a renewed fight for racial justice,” Prince’s Twitter handle added.

"'The world is fraught with misin4mation. George Orwell's vision of the future is here. We need 2 remain steadfast in faith in the trying times ahead," Prince told @EbonyMag in 2010, around the time he was recording #Welcome2America,'" a tweet said.

The "Welcome 2 America" music album's deluxe edition will consist of both CD and black vinyl.

The estate revealed this is the only studio album collaboration of Prince and credited all the artists involved in the music album including the drummer, music engineer, NPG singers, and co-producer Morris Hayes.

The title track of the album, which already released on streaming platforms Thursday, consists of "a searing, spoken-word soliloquy set to music about golden parachutes,'" a press release by the estate said, Entertainment Weekly reported.

The music album includes 11 tracks including "Welcome 2 America," "Born 2 Die," "1000 Light Years From Here," "Running Game (Son of a Slave Master)," "Check The Record," "Same Page, Different Book," "Hot Summer," "Yes," "1010 (Rin Tin Tin)," "When She Comes," and "One Day We Will All B Free."

The album also features a cover song of Soul Asylum's "Stand Up and B Strong."

Following the completion of the album, the musician had toured across the country including the "21 Nite Stand" concert at The Forum in Inglewood, California, CBS58 reported.

Prince died accidentally in 2016 at the age of 57 following a fentanyl overdose at his Paisley Park home. While the album will be released in summer, it is available for pre-order now. More information regarding the story behind this album will air through the television series, "60 Minutes" on CBS on April 11.

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